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1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly; 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	633,635
Turnout	75.33%
CM before election; V. Vaithilingam; INC	Elected CM ; R. V. Janakiraman; DMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in April 1996, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.^[1]^[2] The Indian National Congress won the most seats, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote, and R. V. Janakiraman was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[3]^[4]

Results edit



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	116,618	25.34	9	6
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	105,392	22.90	7	3
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	57,678	12.53	3	3
	Tamil Maanila Congress	42,485	9.23	5	New
	Communist Party of India	29,964	6.51	2	1
	Janata Dal	20,360	4.42	1	0
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	11,544	2.51	1	New
	Others	29,126	6.33	0	0
	Independents	47,126	10.24	2	1
Total		460,293	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		460,293	96.43
Invalid/blank votes		17,036	3.57
Total votes		477,329	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		633,635	75.33
Source: ECI^[5]

Elected members edit

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Muthialpet	69.96%	S. Anandavelu		AIADMK	11,009	56.26%	G. Palani Raja		DMK	8,098	41.39%	2,911
2	Cassicade	66.08%	P. Kannan		Independent	6,501	63.21%	S. Narayanasamy		INC	3,195	31.06%	3,306
3	Raj Bhavan	65.39%	S. P. Sivakumar		DMK	2,697	58.54%	A. Gandhirasu		INC	1,159	25.16%	1,538
4	Bussy	60.37%	C. M. Achraff		INC	2,208	46.26%	A. Abdul Rachide		CPI	1,378	28.87%	830
5	Oupalam	72.39%	S. Rathinam @ Manohar		TMC(M)	6,866	50.79%	U. C. Arumugam		AIADMK	5,866	43.39%	1,000
6	Orleampeth	68.14%	R. Siva		DMK	8,105	49.16%	K. Parasuraman		AIADMK	5,107	30.97%	2,998
7	Nellithope	69.88%	R. V. Janakiraman		DMK	8,803	52.31%	D. Ramachandiren		AIADMK	7,354	43.70%	1,449
8	Mudaliarpet	71.54%	M. Manjini		CPI	11,380	49.69%	V. Sababady Kothandraman		INC	8,278	36.15%	3,102
9	Ariankuppam	79.25%	S. Ramsingh		PMK	7,382	37.86%	T. Jayamoorthy		DMK	6,329	32.46%	1,053
10	Embalam	78.31%	R. Rajaraman		JD	8,311	62.73%	K. Pakkiriammal		INC	3,454	26.07%	4,857
11	Nettapakkam	83.58%	V. Vaithilingam		INC	7,563	54.86%	V. Muthunarayana Reddiar		Independent	5,036	36.53%	2,527
12	Kuruvinatham	87.32%	T. Thiagarajan		INC	7,209	48.85%	R. Ramanathan		MDMK	7,022	47.58%	187
13	Bahour	83.48%	M. Kandasamy		TMC(M)	7,921	51.95%	P. Rajavelu		INC	7,221	47.36%	700
14	Thirubuvanai	79.23%	S. Arasi		AIADMK	5,707	37.08%	K. Jayaraj		DMK	5,586	36.29%	121
15	Mannadipet	82.77%	K. Rajasegaran		TMC(M)	8,113	51.63%	N. Rajaram		INC	6,866	43.69%	1,247
16	Ossudu	80.14%	V. Nagarathinam		TMC(M)	7,380	53.78%	N. Marimuthu		INC	5,232	38.13%	2,148
17	Villianur	83.35%	C. Jayakumar		TMC(M)	12,205	64.56%	P. Anandabaskaran		INC	6,509	34.43%	5,696
18	Ozhukarai	75.71%	K. Natarajan		AIADMK	7,794	41.10%	R. R. Somasundaram		DMK	6,252	32.97%	1,542
19	Thattanchavady	72.14%	N. Rangaswamy		INC	9,989	42.95%	V. Pethaperumal		JD	7,699	33.11%	2,290
20	Reddiarpalayam	62.82%	R. Viswanathan		CPI	17,206	65.58%	Na. Manimaran		AIADMK	5,966	22.74%	11,240
21	Lawspet	71.79%	N. Kesavan		DMK	16,442	54.40%	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		INC	10,211	33.78%	6,231
22	Cotchery	78.37%	R. Nalamagarajan		INC	7,630	47.53%	G. Panjavarnam		Independent	5,968	37.17%	1,662
23	Karaikal North	67.73%	A. M. H. Nazeem		DMK	9,474	71.01%	H. M. Abdul Kader		AIADMK	2,946	22.08%	6,528
24	Karaikal South	75.45%	A. V. Subramanian		INC	6,676	57.48%	S. Savarirajan		DMK	4,717	40.61%	1,959
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	78.01%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	7,595	53.44%	S. T. P. Diravidamani		Independent	4,385	30.85%	3,210
26	Thirunallar	78.92%	R. Kamalakannan		INC	6,063	48.53%	A. Soundarengan		DMK	4,938	39.53%	1,125
27	Nedungadu	83.17%	A. Marimuthu		DMK	6,899	54.93%	M. Chandirakasu		INC	5,116	40.74%	1,783
28	Mahe	76.06%	E. Valsaraj		INC	4,184	45.58%	Manoli Muhammad		Independent	3,915	42.65%	269
29	Palloor	74.44%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC	4,253	45.40%	Panangatil Khader		JD	2,929	31.27%	1,324
30	Yanam	86.68%	Malladi Krishna Rao		Independent	8,445	62.31%	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao		INC	3,602	26.58%	4,843

References edit

^ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 9th election: 1996 - The Congress was the single-largest party in the 1996 election in Puducherry, winning nine seats with a vote share of 25 per cent. The DMK, its principle adversary, won seven seats, with a vote share of nearly 23 per cent
^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ Bosco Dominique (10 June 2019). "Former Puducherry chief minister RV Janakiraman dead". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.